A Pocketful of Acorns

John Moore - ed. Phillip Robbins

For nearly forty years up to his death in 1967, John Moore regularly
wrote articles and short stories for newspapers and magazines in
addition to his output of books. Like his books these articles had a
rural flavour and many appeared weekly as his Country Column in the
Birmingham Evening Mail. Some in part subsequently found their way into
some of his country books, but generally most have lain for many years,
unread in the archives.

A selection of these have now been
brought together in this volume producing a collection of articles
remarkable for their unfaded freshness and vivid commentary on country
life as it was over fifty years ago. Shining through the articles is
John Moore’s forward thinking on such matters as conservation and the
protection of the countryside, subjects which were ascribed little
importance at the time but which have subsequently developed into
prominent issues.